Brussels attack: Jet Airways aircraft with 242 lands in Delhi

New Delhi, March 25

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A Jet Airways aircraft carrying 242 persons, including 28 crew members, who were stranded following the deadly terror attacks at the airport and metro station in the Belgian capital Brussels, landed at the IGI airport in the National Capital on Friday.

The flight landed at the Indira Gandhi airport at 5:30 am, a Jet Airways spokesperson said.

Jet Airways flight 9w1229 from Amsterdam to Delhi and then onwards to Mumbai had left Amsterdam at 4: 54 pm local time on Thursday after the airline combined its Mumbai flight with it.

The airline had announced to fly three flights — one each to Mumbai, Delhi and Toronto — from Amsterdam to fly the passengers who were stuck in Brussels after the terrorist strike.

However, the airline cancelled the Mumbai flight due to a snag in the aircraft and combined it with the one to Delhi.

More than 30 persons had died in three bomb explosions, two at the airport and one at the metro station on Tuesday. The Islamic State later claimed the strikes.

Several blunders by Belgian intelligence been revealed in course of investigation sinto the attack, which have made security experts wonder if the attack could have been prevented. — Agencies